Ocean's Thirteen
The old crew has split up since their last job. Reuben Tishkoff (played by Elliott Gould) is building a hotel with casino mogul Willie Bank (Al Pacino). Bank uses Reuben and then cuts him out of the deal just before the hotel opens. Out of shock, Reuben has a heart
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Matters of Opinion
by dita | in Art & Entertainment > Music
So a rapprochement between the arts and sciences may begin within the individual brain. It is true that the sciences use methods, such as experimental design, that are special to them. But the methods alone are not sufficient. It is the thinking behind the methods, that is critical for success.
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Few Notes On Pitch
by dita | in Art & Entertainment > Music
observations from both animals and humans indicate that the auditory cortex is involved in the construction of pitch from raw frequency information. Moreover, the data from humans suggests the existence of a map of pitch in the auditory cortex.
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The Point Of Performance Appraisal
by dita | in Business & Finance > Management
Probably the most misused and abused and disused management tool in history is the performance appraisal. It's the strangest thing. Ask any manager or human resources person whether they think performance appraisal is an important thing to do, they are almost unanymous
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measles, mumps, rubella
by dita | in Education > General
There were a number of weaknesses in the paper, which only looked at a relatively small number of cases, and much larger surveys have consistently failed to support the author's contention of any link between vaccination and these diseases
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The Oracle at Delphi
by dita | in Culture & Society > History
Most people are acquainted with the myths of ancient Greece. We've heard of Hercules and Zeus, Aphrodite and Era, Achilles and possibly Ulysses. But what about the oracle of Delphi
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The Tectonics of the Sumatran earthquakes
by dita | in Culture & Society > Nature
warning systems, currently being implemented, help? Well, probably not for Sumatra, due to the proximity of the land to where the tsunami is generated, as well as the lack of high ground to escape to in some areas.
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Personal Styles
by dita | in Business & Finance > Personal Finance
We invite comments, and letters on this topic. If you are a proponent of this type of assessment, please feel free to present your position on the benefits of style assessment instruments. We will attempt to provide you with a forum to rebut these comments.
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What Fossils Can Tell Us About Climate Change
by dita | in Culture & Society > Science
The project was a detailed study of the climate patterns of the Holocene (the last 10,000 years) using ostracodes (a type of microfossil) in lacustrine (freshwater) sediments collected from two sites in a loch on the west coast of Ireland. Ostracodes are water-dwelling crustaceans, which in some ways resemble shrimps.
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Soul Men
by dita | in Art & Entertainment > Theater
The passing of funnyman Bernie Mac has garnered his final film, Soul Men, more attention than perhaps it normally would've received. It's the last chance to have him entertain us without delving into his considerable catlogue of films, albums, and stand up routines.
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Wolfram on What Fossils Can Tell Us About Climate Change on April 03, 2009
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